“Words are easy, like the wind; Faithful friends are hard to find.”

“As long as words a different sense will bear,
And each may be his own interpreter,
Our airy faith will no foundation find;
The word's a weathercock for every wind.”

John Dryden book The Hind and the Panther

“It's easy to make friends, but hard to get rid of them.”

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist

“Remember, an easy question can have an easy answer. But a hard question must have a hard answer. And for the hardest questions of all, there may be no answer - except faith.”

Charles Sheffield book Brother to Dragons

“Undoubted faith towards God it is hard indeed to find.”

Jerome (345–420) Catholic saint and Doctor of the Church

“It's easy to fall in love. The hard part is finding someone to catch you.”

Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) logician, one of the first analytic philosophers and political activist

“People find it easy to justify their frustration in the struggle to manipulate others, but find it hard to justify the struggle for their own growth.”

Eugene J. Martin (1938–2005) American artist

“Remember well, and bear in mind, a constant friend is hard to find.”

Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867–1957) American children's writer, diarist, and journalist

“Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.”

H.L. Mencken (1880–1956) American journalist and writer

“Y'all take care of yourself now… strange and interesting friends are hard to find.”

Dean Koontz (1945) American author